<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Milton said "<font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Look at how Hugo Chavez is using media licensing rules in
Venezuela ."<br><br>I find this a bit rich. The media in Venezuela has oppressed the poor for decades, and when someone stands up to the media, who represent the upper classes, they are branded as being censorious. Obviously it would be better if Chavez did not take away the licence for the TV station it would be better. But then, Venezuela has been a tool of the rich to exploit the poor for a long time.<br><br>I agree with the rest of his points though.<br><br>David<br></span></font><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Milton L Mueller <mueller@syr.edu><br>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org; KovenRonald@aol.com<br>Cc: Embench@aol.com<br>Sent: Thursday, 4 October, 2007 5:35:04 AM<br>Subject: [governance] Rwanda and media<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I agree with Rony. And I would ask
advocates of media restrictions whether they believe that the existence of government
rules regulating the media in Rwanda
would have prevented the genocide. Who would have promulgated, monitored and
enforced those rules in Rwanda ?
Which ethnic faction? Which independent judges? When the state is nothing but
an armed gang, and all disputes are settled by force, the idea that the media can
be regulated to enforce civility is self-evidently nonsensical. In those cases,
media regulations simply become another tool for the dominant party to oppress
the others. Look at how Hugo Chavez is using media licensing rules in
Venezuela . </span></font></p>
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KovenRonald@aol.com [mailto:KovenRonald@aol.com] <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">RMC was in fact a weapon in a civil war, and it would have been
justified to bomb it out of existence if it could have been found. </span></font></p>
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